Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee

Indian political party

Indian political party

Odisha Pradesh Congress

President| Bhakta Charan Das
Chairman| Rama Chandra Kadam
Headquarters| Congress Bhawan, Unit-2, Bhubaneswar -751009, Odisha
Student wing| National Students' Union of India - Odisha
Youth wing| Odisha Youth Congress
Women's wing| Odisha Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee
Ideology|

* Populism
* Social liberalism
* Democratic socialism
* Social democracy
* Secularism

ECI Status| A State Unit of Indian National Congress
Alliance| Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha|

1 / 21

Seats in Rajya Sabha|

0 / 10

Seats in Odisha Legislative Assembly|

14 / 147

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The Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee is the unit of the Indian National Congress for the state of Odisha. It is responsible for organizing and coordinating the party's activities and campaigns within the state, as well as selecting candidates for local, state, and national elections in Odisha.

The head office of the organization is the Congress Bhawan, situated at Master Canteen circle in Bhubaneswar. Sarat Pattanayak was appointed president of the committee in 2022 and currently serves as the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee(OPCC) President.[1][2][3][4]

## History

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### Pre-Independence 1920-1947

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Until 1920, there was no separate provincial committee for Odisha. Congress organisation in Odisha was under Bihar And Orissa Provincial Congress committee .[5] The Nagpur Session of the Indian National Congress, held in December 1920, which finally passed the Non Co-operation resolution was attended by a number of delegates from Orissa such as Pandit Gopabandhu Das, Bhagirathi Mahapatra, Jagabandhu Singh, Jadumani Mangaraj, Mukunda Prasad Das, Niranjan Patnaik and Harekrushna Mahatab. This session of the Congress decided to form the Provincial Congress Committees on linguistic basis. As a result, a separate Provincial Congress Committee was formed for Orissa even though Orissa had not yet became a separate province. Soon after the Nagpur Congress session, the Utkal Union Conference was held at Chakradharpur under the Presidency of Jagabandhu Singh. In this Conference Gopabandhu Das suggested a modification in the outlook of the Utkal Union Conference.[6]

This led to the formation Utkal Pradesh Congress Committee uniting representation of all Odia speaking tracts, consisting of British administered Madras Presidency, Central Province, Bengal Presidency and the pre 1936 Bihar and Orissa Province.[7] With its first President being Utkalamani Gopabandhu Das the formation of Utkal Pradesh Congress Committee (UPCC) gave impetus to formation of Odisha state. This also gave boost to Congress activities in the Odia speaking areas.[8][9]

The Utkal Pradesh Congress Committee deputed the following twelve members to represent Orissa at the All India Congress Committee. They were Gopabandhu Das, Jagabandhu Singh, Nilakantha Das, Gopabandhu Choudhury, Niranjan Pattanaik, Harekrushna Mahatab, Bhagirathi Mahapatra, Dharanidhar Mishra Banaprastha, Nilakantha Das Choudhury, Atal Bihari Acharya, Brajamohan Panda and Jamini Kanta Biswas.

UPCC gave boost to formation of Orissa state. In 1931 UPCC adopted a resolution moved by Harekrushna Mahatab, that urged the Government of India to establish a separate Orissa state. It also established a committee to take the matter further and cooperate with the British administration without compromising Congress principles.[10]

## List of Presidents

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See also: List of state presidents of the Indian National Congress and List of presidents of the Indian National Congress

S.no  | President  | Portrait  | Term  | Duration

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|
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1\.  | Gopabandhu Das |  | 1920  | 1928
2\.  | Harekrushna Mahatab |  | 1930  | 1931
3\.  | Nilakantha Das |  | 1934  | 1939
4\.  | Banamali Patnaik |  | 1953  | 1954
5\.  | Binayak Acharya |  | 1967  | 1972
6\.  | Nilamani Routray |  | 1972  | 1977
7\.  | Nityananda Misra |  | 1977  | 1980
8\.  | Kunj Bihari Nayak  |  | 1980  | 1984
9\.  | Hemananda Biswal |  | 1984  | 1989
10\.  | Sarat Pattanayak |  | 1989  | 1994
(9).  | Hemananda Biswal |  | 1994  | 1998
11\.  | Niranjan Patnaik |  | 1998  | 2000
12\.  | Janaki Ballabh Patnaik |  | 2000  | 2001
13\.  | Giridhar Gamang |  | 2001  | 2004
(12).  | Janaki Ballabh Patnaik |  | 2004  | 2004
14\.  | Jayadev Jena |  | 26 June 2004  | 28 January 2009  | 4 years, 216 days
15\.  | Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo |  | 28 January 2009  | 7 June 2011  | 2 years, 130 days
(11).  | Niranjan Patnaik |  | 7 June 2011  | 13 May 2013  | 1 year, 340 days
(14).  | Jayadev Jena |  | 13 May 2013  | 15 December 2014  | 1 year, 216 days
16\.  | Prasad Kumar Harichandan |  | 15 December 2014  | 19 April 2018  | 3 years, 125 days
(11).  | Niranjan Patnaik |  | 19 April 2018  | 23 May 2022  | 4 years, 34 days
(10).  | Sarat Pattanayak |  | 23 May 2022  | 11 February 2025  | 2 years, 264 days
17\.  | Bhakta Charan Das |  | 11 February 2025  | Incumbent | 159 days

## Electoral performance

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### Odisha Legislative Assembly election

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Year  | Party leader  | Seats won  | Change
in seats  | Outcome

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|
|
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1952 | Nabakrushna Choudhury |

67 / 140

| New  | Government
1957 | Harekrushna Mahatab |

56 / 140

|  11  | Government
1961 | Biju Patnaik |

82 / 140

|  26  | Government
1967 | Sadashiva Tripathy |

31 / 140

|  6  | Opposition
1971 | Nandini Satpathy |

51 / 140

|  20  | Opposition
1974 |

69 / 140

| 18  | Government
1977 | Binayak Acharya |

26 / 140

| 25  | Opposition
1980 | Janaki Ballabh Patnaik |

118 / 147

|  87  | Government
1985 |

117 / 147

|  1  | Government
1990 | Hemananda Biswal |

10 / 147

|  107  | Opposition
1995 | Janaki Ballabh Patnaik |

80 / 147

|  70  | Government
2000 | Hemananda Biswal |

26 / 147

|  54  | Opposition
2004 | Narasingha Mishra |

38 / 147

|  12  | Opposition
2009 | Bhupinder Singh |

27 / 147

|  11  | Opposition
2014 | Jayadev Jena  |

16 / 147

| 11  | Opposition
2019 | Niranjan Patnaik |

9 / 147

|  7  | Opposition
2024 | Sarat Pattanayak |

14 / 147

|  5  | Opposition

### Lok Sabha Election

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Year  | Seats won  | +/-  | Outcome

|
|
|

1996 |

17 / 21

|  | Opposition
1998 |

5 / 21

| 12
1999 |

2 / 21

| 3
2004 |

2 / 21

|  | Government
2009 |

6 / 21

|  4
2014 |

0 / 21

|  6  | Opposition
2019 |

1 / 21

|  1
2024 |

1 / 21

## Political Affairs Committee

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No  | Name

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1\.  | Ajay Kumar Lallu
2\.  | Bhakta Charan Das
3\.  | Rama Chandra Kadam
4\.  | Saptagiri Ulaka
5\.  | Niranjan Patnaik
6  | Jayadev Jena
7\.  | Sarat Pattanayak
8\.  | Prasad Harichandan
9\.  | Srikant Jena
10\.  | Nagendra Pradhan
11\.  | Jaganath Patnaik
12\.  | Amar Chandra Pradhan
13\.  | Sushila Tiriya
14\.  | A. P. Sethi
15\.  | Ramachandra Khuntia
16\.  | Sarat Raut
17\.  | Assaf Ali Khan
18\.  | Tara Prasad Bahinipati
19\.  | Ramesh Jena
20\.  | C. S. Raazen Ekka
21\.  | Debashish Patnaik
22\.  | Santosh Singh Saluja
23\.  | Md. Moquim
24\.  | Biswaranjan Mohanty
25\.  | Sasmita Behera

## See also

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* Indian National Congress
* Congress Working Committee
* All India Congress Committee
* Pradesh Congress Committee

## References

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1. ^ "Niranjan Patnaik appointed Odisha Congress president". The Hindu. 20 April 2018. Archived from the original on 12 August 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
2. ^ Mohapatra, Debabrata (19 April 2018). "Congress removes Prasad, appoints Niranjan Patnaik as new Odisha president". The Times of India. Bhubaneswar. TNN. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
3. ^ Patnaik, Sampad (20 April 2018). "Niranjan Patnaik appointed Odisha Congress President for second time". Bhubaneswar: The Indian Express. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
4. ^ Mohanty, Debabrata (19 April 2018). "Congress revamps Odisha unit, appoints Niranjan Patnaik as new chief". Bhubaneswar: Hindustan Times. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
5. ^ Mishra, C. (1986). Freedom Movement in Sambalpur, 1827-1947. B.R. Publishing Corporation. p. 192\. ISBN 978-81-7018-357-0. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
6. ^ Review, Odisha. Participation of Odia leaders in the Indian National Congress. Government of Odisha. pp. 12–15.
7. ^ Devi, B. (1992). Some Aspects of British Administration in Orissa, 1912-1936. Academic Foundation. pp. 193–194\. ISBN 978-81-7188-072-0. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
8. ^ Acharya, P. (2008). National Movement and Politics in Orissa, 1920-1929. SAGE Series in Modern Indian History. SAGE Publications. p. 49\. ISBN 978-81-321-0001-0. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
9. ^ Experts, Arihant (4 June 2019). Know Your State Odisha. Arihant Publications India limited. ISBN 978-93-131-9327-2.
10. ^ Devi, B. (1992). Some Aspects of British Administration in Orissa, 1912-1936. Academic Foundation. p. 202\. ISBN 978-81-7188-072-0. Retrieved 26 February 2020.

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